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MASSACHUSETTS. 



THE HEALTHIEST TOWN 



NEW ENGLAND. 



By W. B. WTCKES. 



/. DESCRIPTION, 

II. HEALTHINESS. 

III. HOW TO REACfi SHARON. 

IV. SCENERY AND pRIVES. 
V. RAILROAD RIME TABLE. 

VI. BOARDING HOUSE DIRECTORY 

Til TOWN OFFICER*. 



C A X T G X : 

PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE CANTON JOURNAL. 

1 8 82. 



Copyright 1882, by w. B. Wlekes. 




MASSACHUSETTS. 



THE HEALTHIEST TOWN 



NEW ENGLAND. 



By W. B. WICKBS. 




CANTON: 

PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE CANTON JOURNAL. 

18 82. 



FIRST-CLASS CLOTHING 

FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR. 




The public will find a 
satisfactory substitute 
for custom work in our 
stock of ready-made ar- 
ticles, as, during our 
business experience of 
thirty years, we h;,ve 
constantly aimed to 
produce tke best class 
of work in this line that 
could be made. The 
attention of gentlemen 
who appreciate thor- 
ough workmanship and 
reliable fabrics from the 
best mills in the world 
— and who arc willing 
to pay proper prices 
for the grade of goods 
that we sell — is direct- 
ed to the present seas- 
onable and extensive assortment upon our counters. In addition 
to the usual lines of WALKING and BUSINESS SLITS and 
LIGHT-WEIGHT OVERCOATS of imported and other woolens. 
we have elegant DRESS SLITS (or single garments) ready for 
immediate use. and an unrivalled assortment of WHITE VESTS. 



MACULLAR, PARKER & CO., 

400 WASHINGTON STltEET, - BOSTON, MASS. 



LOVEJOY & CO., 



Importers and Dealers in 



CARPETEVGS.OIL CLOTHS 



MATTINGS 



178 and 179 Tremont Street, BOSTON. 

W. B. WICKES, 

GENERAL BUSINESS AGENT, 

SHARON, MASS. 



Real Estate sold, leased and cared for. Farm 
Houses, Woodland, and unimproved property for 
sale. 

INSURANCE BROKER. 



DESCRIPTION, 



Sharon, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, is seventeen miles 
southwest of Boston on the Boston & Providence Railroad. It is 
from three hundred to five hundred feet above marsh level. It is 
mostly a rural farming town with about fifteen hundred permanent 
population and about five hundred summer residents. Some of the 
latter come in search of health, and all are attracted by the fine 
air, lovely drives and beautiful scenery of Sharon. 

The number of summer residents is increasing. People in ac- 
tive business in Boston, Providence, and neighboring cities, find 
here all the attractions, but none of the discomforts and privations 
of the mountains and other distant places, with the advantage of 
being within call of the telegraph and quick ride by cars to their 
places of business. Many such are making Sharon their home. 
To the permanent resident we present the attraction, beside good 
health, plenty of land at low prices, good roads, good school- 
houses and schools, no town debt, low taxes, good churches and a 
growing, prosperous town. Taxes will, this year, be seven mills 
on a dollar with a discount of six per cent, for prompt payment, 
making it about six and one-half mills net. This low rate is not 
reached by a high valuation or niggardly appropriations. On the 
contrary the town has for some years voted all the money asked 
for by the School Committee and town officers, and usually the 
money grants are voted unanimously. The town has quite a large 
permanently invested fund, the income of which is used for schools. 
There is a good free Public Library. We have Orthodox, Unita- 
rian and Baptist churches. The Methodists hold meetings in a 
hall, and the Catholics have Mass every Sabbath in a chapel. 



There is a large boch r of water in Sharon, containing 460 acres, 
called Massapoag Lake. Massapoag is the Indian name for "large 
water." It has a dry, hard bottom, is free from fogs and damp- 
ness, and has a drive around its borders of about four miles. It 
is a beautiful sheet of water, and is well stocked with fish, among 
which are White Perch, Black Bass and Land Locked Salmon. 

On a sand} T bluff in the pine wood, thirty feet above the Lake is 
the Massapoag House, a summer hotel with some eighty sleeping 
rooms. It is well kept by Mr. A. L. Howe of the Evans House, 
Boston, and is always crowded in summer, as is every boarding 
house in Sharon. In fact, on a Saturday night last summer, we 
were obliged to send people to Foxboro, six miles awa} r , to lodge. 

From the summit of Moose Hill a view of Boston is obtained, 
and from many places in the village the towers of Roxbury and of 
Boston are visible. Sharon has vet many thousand acres of forest 
which gives the scenery a decidedly wild appearance, while as you 
emerge from the road you often strike views extending over many 
miles and taking in several villages. There is a notable instance 
of this on the Norwood road, near the house of Mr. Warren Fuller. 

As yet man has done but little to beautify Sharon, but Nature 
has been lavish in her work, and I am happy to say that an Im- 
provement Association has lately been formed that aims, as far as 
its influence extends to see that Nature is not unnecessarily maimed 
by the hand of man. Thanks to the generous aid extended by 
both the permanent and summer residents, this Association has, in 
the one year of its existence, caused to be erected a tower on the 
summit of Moose Hill and built a passable road to it ; has caused 
trees to be set out and a sidewalk built from the Post-office to the 
Lake, a distance of one mile ; has erected lanterns and lighted the 
village with gasoline ; has placed a first-class four dial clock in the 
tower of one of the' churches ; has built and equipped a hook and 
ladder truck ; and has caused to be raised by subscription about 
twelve thousand dollars for a Town House. A good show- 
ing for one year and proves that all work together with a will. 
The Association proposes to hold on the fourth Wednesday of Au- 
gust of each year a picnic or sort of Sharon holiday which all who 
ever lived in Sharon and all who take an interest in her welfare 
are cordially invited to attend. The terms of membership of the 
Association is an annual payment of one dollar in cash or labor. 



Twenty-five dollars in one payment makes a person a life member 
and I respectfully commend it to the notice of all sons and daugh- 
ters of Sharon. The President of the Association is George W. 
Gay ; Vice Presidents, H. A. Lothrop, E. D. Barbour, A. B. 
Lovejoy and D. C. Sanger; Secretary, Fred F. Bryant; Treasur- 
er, W. B. Wickes. 

Though Sharon is chiefly a farming town there are factories of 
boots and shoes, carriages, cotton duck, cutlery, packing cases, 
shoe tools and trowels. These are all, except the boot factories, 
run by water power. There is also a good unused water power for 
sale and also a mill for sale with a good constant stream. 

The health}' air of Sharon enables workmen to do more work in 
a given time than they can in other localities. This is especially 
true of occupations requiring close application. The pure spring 
waters of Beaver Brook open an opportunity for business requir- 
ing cold, clear water. The low price of land and power, low 
taxes, good schools and low rates of freight on the railroad, makes 
this a desirable place to start most any business, and there are 
citizens here who are ready to extend needed aid to induce worthy 
enterprises here. Persons or companies about to start manufac- 
turing and those now engaged in business, who, for am- reason, 
would like to change their location are cordially invited to confer 
with me and see what Sharon will do for them before they locate 
elsewhere. To those in search of health, I commend the article 
on the Healthiness of Sharon in this pamphlet. There is a great 
need of a boarding house or sanitarium, especially for invalids, 
here, and I would like to confer with some physician who is suita- 
ble to conduct such an establishment. Rightly conducted it could 
do a large and profitable business. 

To any one who would like to buy a farm, we have land adapted 
to almost every crop raised in this climate. The strong, rocky 
soil of Moose Hill is particularly adapted to grass and orchards, 
while the earl}', easy worked, productive, New Jersey like soil on 
Sharon Plain is well adapted to small fruits, vegetables and grain. 
Our healthy air, as favorable for beast as for man, is particularly 
good for poultry raising. In summer our increased population 
takes most of the products raised, and our proximity to several 
large towns and cities affords a near market of consumers for all 
products. We would like to induce some one who understands 



the canning of corn and tomatoes to start that business here. 
Cranberries are cultivated in a few places very successfully and 
we have many other wild meadows equally well adapted to the 
crop. I invite those who wish a farm, either large or small, to 
come and see me or write me. 

For investors, builders and land companies, I can secure large 
tracts of land in desirable localities on the railway. I have now 
two or three such tracts for sale, which we offer low and on easy 
terms of payments. 



HEALTHINESS OF SHARON, 



In :i Work on local causes of Consumption, by Dr. Bowditcli. in 1862, 
he speaks of Sharon as likely to be free from lung diseases. The correct- 
ness of his judgment is now shown by the Town Records from which it 
appears one-fourth of all who have died in the town for the last five 
years were over 80 years of age. and more have died ol old age than of 
consumption. In the four months of this year, ending April 30, one-half 
of the deaths were from old age. and were of persons over 87. It should 
be added. Sharon is a growing town with twenty percent, of its inhab- 
itants between five and fifteen, and many of its inhabitants engaged in 
sedentary occupations. — Boston Traveller, Nov. 11, 1871. 

The official records show that there were twenty-five deaths in 
Sharon in 1881. Of this number five were infants not born in the 
town of Sharon and all under seven months old. Probably most 
or all of these were nearly gone before they were brought to Shar- 
on. The remaining twenty were of the average age of sixty-three 
years, twelve of them being over seventy. Nor does it appear 
that all the old people are dying off, as no less than four men of 
the average age of 81 3-4 years and all residing within one quar- 
ter of a mile of the Post-office have, within ten days of this writ- 
ing, (April 1st. 1882,) celebrated their birth-days. 

The curative qualities of Sharon air are so well known that med- 
ical men are sending their patients here from New York, Newport 
and New Haven, as well as from places nearer home. The late 
Dr. A. D. Bacon, after practicing medicine forty years, twenty- 
eight of which was spent in Sharon, said, ki I have never seen con- 
tagious or infectious diseases become epidemic here. I have had 
cases of small pox and diphtheria in their most virulent forms 
among my patients, and that under circumstances where we should 
suppose they would spread fearfully, but those most exposed did 
not take the disease." He also said "all diseases seem to yield 



much more readily to treatment here than in any other locality 
with which I am acquainted." Another celebrated plvysician 
has said, "good air and drainage are necessary to health, but be- 
side these there seems to be some undiscovered law which 
makes this locality so healthy." It is certain that some who have 
been pronounced b}' the most skillful doctors as past all help, with 
consumption, have recovered here. In one instance, a lady was 
told by the late Dr. Edward Clarke, of Boston, that she was past 
all help, and could expect to live but a short time, as both lungs 
have tubercles on them and are nearly gone, yet that lady got well 
in Sharon air and is now enjojing a fair measure of health. None 
should go to Colorado, Florida, or any far off land in search of 
health until thej^ have tried Sharon. Here. I believe, they will find in 
every case a climate equally suited to their complaints and yet not 
be deprived of any of the comforts of a New England home. Here 
you are within a half hour's ride of Bostou, over one of the best 
railroads in the world, while the stores in Sharon afford as good 
meats, provisions and groceries as can be found in an} T market in 
the country. 

In the last twelve years I have assisted in locating hundreds of 
people in Sharon homes ; many of them were well and many more 
of them were sick with lung, throat and all kinds of chronic dis- 
eases, as also convalescing from severe fits of sickness, and I do 
not remember a case where benefit has not been derived from com- 
ing here, and in many cases surprising cures have been effected. 

Sickly children and infants almost universally become strong 
here if brought before past all chance of recovery. The Massa- 
chusetts Infant Asylum has had upward of thirty babies, all of them 
under two years of age, boarding in private families here for 
some years, and though they are generally the children of diseased 
parents, and though they are all fed from a bottle yet a greater 
per cent, of them live and grow strong than is the average of in- 
fants in other places who are nursed by their mothers. Is it pos- 
sible that milk from cows fed in Sharon is more health}' than that 
made in other places? I have sometimes thought so. I am sure 
that the air is as beneficial to beast as man. This was shown in 
1872 when almost every horse in the country was laid up sick, } r et 
most of those in Sharon escaped. Horses here, that were used 
every day had no signs of the disease. Gentlemen in Boston own- 



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ing valuable dogs appreciate this and have established a kennel or 
dog boarding house on Moose Hill, where from thirty to fifty dugs 
are constantly kept. 



HOW TO EEACH SHARON. 



Sharon is, as has been said, on the Boston and Providence 
Railroad, 17 miles southwest of Boston Common, and 25 miles from 
Providence; time of trains from Boston 31 to 40 minutes. This 
railroad is one of the oldest in the country. Unlike every other 
road entering Boston, save one, it crosses no draw-bridges ; is double 
tracked, with steel rails its entire length, and is as well equipped and 
carefully managed as any road in the country. Its station in Bos- 
ton, on Columbus Avenue and Park Square, is the most conven- 
ient and comfortable, and architectually the most beautiful of any 
in the United States, and it is said to be the longest in the world ; 
being 850 feet in length. 

Single fare from Boston to Sharon 55 cents ; package tickets, 
ten for $4 ; season tickets $23 per quarter. 

Passengers from New York can reach Sharon by the Shore Line 
(all rail) or by the Stonington Steamboat line. To drive from Bos- 
ton 'o Sharon take Brush Hill Turnpike and come via ('anion. 
From Jamaica Plain come via Dedham and Norwood. From New 
Bedford and Taunton come, if by carriage, via Easton Furnace. 
To drive from Providence follow the telegraph wires via East At- 
tleboro' and Foxboro'. 



SCENERY AND DRIVES. 



Very few places can give such a succession of good drives, 
coupled with magnificent scenery as can Sharon. Usually where 
the scenery is wild the roads are poor if not absolutely unsafe, but 
it is" not so here. 

At some future time I may give a full list of the drives in and 
about Sharon, but in this I shall confine myself to a few. In the 
following we are supposed to start from the Post-office. Every 
one will wish to drive around the Pond ; from the Post-office and 
back it is six miles. Another drive you must take to see Sharon 
is to Moose Hill. The road past the depot is the nearest and most 
romantic, but it is veiy hilly. You can, to return by easier grades, 
come down the "Moose Hill Road," to Main street. From a tower 
20 feet high on the summit of the hill there is a splendid view cov- 
ering more than 1,000 square miles of territory, including many 
towns and villages, and several cities. The late Robert Morris 
Copeland, the eminent landscape gardener, said, from this hill was 
the finest view this side the White Mountains. The air on the 
hill is very invigorating, and persons with weak lungs enjoy it 
much. Perhaps sometime there will be a sanitarium or hotel on 
the hill. It would be well patronized. 

The poultry house that you pass in returning is over 800 feet long 
and has a wing, not in sight from the road 450 feet long. It was 
intended for 10,000 fowl. 

For a short drive take Main street toward Foxboro', turn the 
first left through "Gun House Lane" then next left home. In 
"Gun House Lane" formerly stood the gun house in which was 
stored the cannon to protect the inhabitants from their enemies. 
The large house near the corner of the lane is Mr. Sanger's board- 
ing house. This was formerly the Randall homestead, and here 



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died not many years ago, "Boston Randall" a very aged Negro 
and probabl}' the last slave owned in Massachusetts. He was 
brought from Africa by one of the Randalls, and kept as a body 
servant until he finally became a family pet. He refused his free- 
dom and was kindly cared for by the family while he lived. He 
was buried, as was his masters family, in the Chestnut Tree 
cemeter}'. 

For a very romantic drive take Main street and Walpole street 
to Mr. Benjamin Rhoade's house, turn sharp to the left and follow 
County street, until it comes out at Main street near Turner's 
cranberry meadow. County street is full of sharp pitches and not 
much travelled, but it is decidedly wild and has a historj 7 . It is 
one of the oldest roads in Massachusetts, having been called the 
"path to Bristol." It was over this road Madam Knight rode on 
the first night of her famous journey to New York, and the "Way- 
mans Ordinary" where she spent the first night stood near where 
the cranberry store house now stands. Here Ebenezer Billings is 
supposed to have built his tavern about 1G58. 

For a variety of ferns drive through the Pigeon Swamp road. 
Maiden hair ferns grow here, but you may require a guide to find 
them. You will have a romantic ride to go past Leonard's mill. 
Turn sharp to the left at the cemetery and take the first right and 
the next right. Near the house of J. M. Bullard, on this road, 
you get a splendid view and an assortment of ferns. 

Drive to Wolemonopoag pond, on Main Street, and turn the 
left and the next left home. If you care for places of historical 
interest, when on this drive, take the right at Mrs. T. E. Clark' b and 
go to Clapp's saw-mill. Here was the foundry where, under Gen- 
eral Gridley was cast the first cannon ever made in the country. 
This Richard Gridley, who afterward laid out the redoubts on 
Bunker Hill, was warned out of Sharon for fear he would become 
a pauper. 

It is six miles to Foxboro, six to So. Walpole, five to Walpole, 
six to Norwood, and three to Canton. At Canton go and see the 
large, solid, stone viaduct, by which the railroad crosses the high- 
way and the Neponset river. It used to be considered one of the 
wonders of tlie age. To Dedham is ten miles, Stoughton six. North 
Easton seven. At the last the Unitarian church, the other public 
buildings and the magnificent grounds of F. L. Ames, which are open 



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to the public, which are worth a visit. To Easton Furnace — sev- 
en miles is a pleasant drive, and a little off the road in East Mans- 
field is Austin's poultry grounds. Here, at times, may be seen as 
many as 5000 geese fattening for the market as well as immense 
quantities of hens, ducks and turkeys. Mr. Austin sometimes feeds 
60 bushels of grain a day to his fowl. To East Foxboro' is six miles. 
Much of the way this road runs beside the raihoad track. 



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Depot of Boston & Providence Railroad, Columbus Ave., Boston. 



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BOSTON & PROVIDENCE RAILROAD. 



ON AND AFTER MGNDAY, APRIL 3, 1882, TRAINS LEAVE 

Sharon for Boston, 7.01, 8.06, 9.23, 11.53 A. M.; 
2.54, 5.20 P. M. Due in Boston, 7.40, 8.50, 10, 
A. M.; 12.30, 3.30, 6.00 P. M. 

Boston for Sharon, 6.20, 8, 9.25, 10.30 A. M.; 2, 4, 
5.30, 8.30 P. M. Due in Sharon and leave Sharon 
for Mansfield, Attleboro, Pawtucket and Provi- 
dence, 7, 8.36, 10.01, 11.15 A. M.; 2.35, 4.36, 6.09, 
9.05 P. M. 

Sharon for Roxbury, 8.06, 11.53 A. M.; 5.20 P. M. 

Sharon for Jamaica Plain, " " 

Sharon for Hyde Park, 7.01, 9.23, 11.53 A. M.; 5.20 
P.M. 

Sharon for Readville 8.06, 11.53 A. M. ; 5.20 P. M. 

Sharon for Canton Junction, 7.01, 8.06, 9.23, 11.53 
A.M.; 2.54,5.20P.M. 

Sharon for New York, 8.36 A. M. ; Due in New 
York 4.22 P. M. 

Grand Central Depot, 42d St. ]ST. Y., 8.05 A. M.; 
Due in Sharon 5.20 P, M. 

Boston for New York (Shore line) 8 A. M. Due in 
New York 4.22 P. M. 

Boston for New York 1 P. M. Due in New York 
7.41 P. M. 

Boston for New York 10.30 P. M., including Sun- 
days. Due in New York 6.18 A. M. 

A Sunday train leaves Providence for Boston at 8 
A. M., stopping at Pawtucket, Attleboro, Mans- 
field, Sharon, Canton Junction and Hyde Park. 



Stonington Steamboat Line leaves Boston at 6.30 P. M. 

Shore Line leaves New York 8.05 A. M. One in Boston 6 P. M. 
Leave New York 1.00 P. M. Due in Boston 8.05 P. M. Leave 
New York 10 P. M. Due in Boston 6.20 A M., every day. 

Stonington Steamboat leaves Pier 33, North River, New York, 
at 5 P. M. 



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SHARON POST OFFICE. 



C. F. BRYANT, - - POST-MASTEH. 



Mails for Boston close 7.50 A. M. ; 5 P. M. 
Mails for Providence close 7.50 A. M. ; 4.20 P. M. 
Mails due from Boston 8.40 A. M. ; 4.45 A. M. 
Mails due from Providence 8.40 A. M. ; 5.25 P. M. 



BOARDING HOUSE DIRECTORY. 



The following is intended to be a complete list of those who 
take boarders in Sharon. If any one is inadvertently omitted they 
will please report and have their names inserted in future editions. 
If you desire board write me, state what you require, enclose a 
stamp for reply and I will cheerfully give a list of those not full, 
their prices and accommodations. Those able and willing to pay 
for a good table, can, if they apply early, get as good here as in 
any town or city, but it must be borne in mind that Sharon is usu- 
ally full in the summer, and late arrivals are not sure of any place. 
I give the address and distance from the depot : Rev. A. 
P. Chute, 1-2 of a mile; Silas Davenport, 1-4 of a mile; Geo. 
W. Dunakin, 1-2 of a mile ; Willard G. Esty, 1 1-2 of a mile; W. 
H. Gay, 1-4 of a mile ; J. P. Hewins, 1-4 of a mile ; J. M. Rich- 
ards, 1-2 of a mile ; Spencer Richards, 2 miles ; D .0 .Sanger, 1-2 
of a mile; Lewis Smith, 1-2 of a mile; W. B. Wickes, 1-2 of a 
mile; T. N. Wood, 1-4 of a mile; Mrs. Mary Young, 1-2 of a 
rLile ; A. L. Howe, Massapoag House, 2 miles ; J. Warren Jones, 
1-2 of a mile, Mrs. Ann Reynolds, 1-2 of a mile ; George Richards 
11-2 miles. 



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TOWN OFFICERS OF SHARON 

For the Year ending on the first Monday in March 1883. 



CLERK, FRED F. BRYANT. 



SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, AND OVERSEERS OF POOR 

I. f . GAY, GEO. H. HIXON, CHAS. T. HOWARD. 



Treasurer ; 
JOEL P. HEWINS. 



Constable : 
H. FRANK LEONARD. 



COLLECTOR OF TAXES, GEORGE F. Gr-A.""5T_ 



Measurers of "Wood : 

D. W. Pettee, C. E. Howard, Warren Cobb, Nelson Drake. 



Field Driver, T. J. BILLINGS. 



Surveyor of Lumber, SILAS W. VARNUM. 



Weighers, D. W. PETTEE, NELSON DRAKE. 



School Committee 



Horace A. Lothrop, Chas. D. Hixon, John M. Bullard 
David C. Sanger, Chas. T. Howard, Henry L. Naramore. 



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INSURANCE. 



Being the only INSURANCE BEOKEK licensed 
in Sharon, I offer my services to place Insurance on 
all kinds of insurable property at 

LOWEST SAFE RATES 

in most any company authorized to do . business in 
Massachusetts, whether stock companies or mutual, 
foreign or domestic. Life Insurance in reliable com- 
panies. 

W. B. WICKES, 

General Business & Insurance Agent 
sharon, mass. 

Houses, Farms, Wood-lands, 

— AND— 

Tracts of Vacant Lands, 

Always on hand and for sale low. Property for 
sale in "Walpole, Norfolk, Foxboro", Wrentham, Shar- 
on and other towns. TWO GOOD WATER 
POWERS for sale low and on easy terms. One of 
them has a new mill and a new turbine wheel, and is 
well worthy of investigation by those in want of 
power. 

W. B. WICKES, 

SHARON, MASS. 



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EDWARD E. 




FASHIONABLE 

STATIONER 

—AND— 

ENGRAVER. 

WEDDING -VISITING CARDS 

A SPECIALTY. 



PUBLISHER OP 

CLARKE'S BOSTON BLUE BOOK, 

41 WEST STREET, BOSTON. 



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-AT THE— 



BLUE STORE, 



(JUST OFF POND STREET, SHARON,) 

Make a specialty of supplying Boarding 1 Houses and 

summer residents with choice 



FRESH MEATS, POULTRY, BUTTER, VEGE- 
TABLES AND OTHER PROVISIONS 
AND GROCERIES. 

Orders lei for any article to lie had in Boston Markets. 

Best of Hay & Grain always on hand. 



ORDERS TAKEN FOR 



CLOTHING. 

Orflers called for ana (Ms pigly fleliverefl. 



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Cor. Pond and Billings Streets, would respectfully call the at- 
tention of the SUMMER RESIDENTS, to his stock of 

FANCY GOO US, TRIMMINGS, ETC. 

The ladies will find a complete line of WORSTEDS, RIBBONS, 
CANVAS, PERFORATED CARD, EMBROIDERY SILK, 
KNITTING SILK, SADDLERS' SILK, SEWING SILK, SILK 
FLOSS, ETC. 



A full line of Plain, Fancy and Boxed Stationery, Correspond- 
ence Cards, etc. 

COITFECTIOITERY: 

We shall endeavor to merit your patronage by keeping a large 
assortment of fine Confectionery, and by receiving it direct from 
the manufacturers every week, to alwa3's have it fresh. 



DRUG DEPARTMENT. 

In this Department will be found a complete and very choice 
line of Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals and Patent Medicines, Soaps, 
Sponges, Brushes, Combs, Toilet Articles, Cutlerj', &c. Of im- 
ported and Domestic Cigars we carry a large assortment of popular 
and desirable brands, and cater to the taste of those who appre- 
ciate superior goods. 

fty Special attention given to Compounding Prescriptions. Ac- 
curacj- and Absolute Purity Guaranteed. Our fine assortment 
and reasonable prices are worthy of inspection. 

POST-OFFICE BUILDING, 

SHARON, MASS. 



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TO LAND COMPANIES AND INVESTORS: 



For Sale in Sharon a tract of 100 acres of land, high, dry, 
healthy and desirable, on line of railroad. Owner might take an 
interest with the right party. Will sell low and on easy terms. 

W. B« WIOKES, Shabqf, Mass. 

In Sharon, a Farm 

OF ABOUT 100 ACRES, 

2-story house, new barn with cellar, large lots of wood, fine 
cranberry meadow that pays five per cent, on price o f ' place, and 
might be much improved and increased ; tillage land level aud eas- 
ily worked. Owner old and only son awa}'. Will sell farm, stock, 
tools, fowl, cat and dog, for $3500 half cash. 

W. B. WIOK.ES, Sharov, Mass. 



-WDBE2fl' , ra.A^E. 



To settle the estate of the late J. G. Wickes, a farm of 60 
acres of land, 800 cords of standing Wood. Tillage slopes to the 
South, is easily worked, early and productive. Old house in fair 
repair, fine barn with cellar and a poultry house. This is a good 
farm, in a good neighborhood, near school, three to five miles from 
a very good market. Price $3500. Inquire of 

"VST. IB. WICKES. 
SHABOSf, 

OR, ON THE PREMISES ONE MILE FROM WRENTHAM CENTRE. 



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Massapoag House, 



This House will be open for Boarders about the first of June. 

Perfect Drainage. Beautiful Drives. Boating and Fishing. 

IjIYBBY AF© BOABDIKG STABLE 

Attached to the house. 
FOR TERMS AND PLANS OF ROOMS APPLY TO THE 

EVANS HOUSE, - BOSTON, 

A. L HOWE, Proprietor. 
T. E. GROVER, 

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR- AT-LA W; 
242 WASHINGTON, ST., BOSTON, 

-A.2ST33 OVEE POST-OFFICE, OA-JXTTOISr, MASS. 

FOR SALE-25 HOUSES, 

From one-quarter to 100 acres of land, and ranging in price from 

$500 to $7000. 

W. B. WICKES, Sharon, Mass. 



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HENRY E BRIGGS, 
LIVERY, BOARDING *» SALE 

STABLE 

TEAMS WITH OR WITHOUT CAREFUL DRIVERS SUPPLIED FOR 

PICNICS, EXCURSIONS 

and HAY-RACK RIDES, 

AND ALL OTHER PURPOSES. 



Orders by Mail or Telegraph 

FOR TEAMS AT TRAINS, 

PROMPTLY FILLED. 



25 

For Sale in Sharon. 



COTTAGE HOUSE, three minutes walk from Churches and 
Post-office. 10,000 feet of land, some fruit, and is a pretty 
place. PRICE $1,000. 



W. B. WICKES, SHARON, MASS. 



A NICE 2-STORY HOUSE, with 12 rooms, 40,000 feet of 
land, sheds and poultry houses, well and two cisterns. House 
sits high, has piazza and blinds. Cherries, currants and goose- 
berries. PRICE $3,000, one-half cash. 



W. B. WICKES, SHARON, MASS. 



NEAR THE LAKE, a cottage house, barn, and about 100,000 
feet of land. A good retired place. Must be sold. PRICE, 
, one-half cash. 

W. B. WICKES, SHARON, MASS. 



THE LARGE DOUBLE 2-story house near the depot with 20,- 
000 feet of land. House in good repair, fine well of water, 
large apple trees, pine wood near. 



W. B. WICKES, SHARON, MASS. 



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BLUE STORE! 



BUTTER, CHEESE, EGGS, TEA, COFFEE, FRESH 

MEATS, CANNED GOODS, SPICES, 

and FRUITS. 

Vegetables of all Kinds 

In their season. 

HAY AND GRAIN. 

BOOTS AND SHOES. 

PAINTS AND OIL 

And all other goods usually kept in a well-stocked country store. 



DAVIDSON & CROWELL, 

(Blue Store off Pond Street,) 
SHARON, MASS. 



27 

BOARD IN SHARON. 



I can accommodate a few people with first- class board. Good 
sized, any rooms, blinds, piazza, pine wood near, and is a pleas- 
ant place in the village. I raise my own milk, eggs and vegeta- 
bles. I am also alwaj'S glad to assist people in getting board ei- 
ther back on farms or in the village, and where economy is an ob- 
ject, I can frequently get them in at prices lower than I should 
care to take them for. 



W. B. WICKES, Sharon, Mass. 



Furnished Houses. 



I usually have a few furnished houses to let for the summer. 
People wanting such are advised to apply early in the season. Also 

A few Unfurnished Houses 

may be had f©r the summer, if applied for early. Sharon people 
who are willing to let their houses partly or wholly furnished can 
usually find careful customers at fair prices. Apply to 

14/. B. WICKES, Sharon, Mass, 



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FOR SALE IN NORFOLK 



A 100 ACRE FARM, large house and bam. This is a splen- 
did farm all in prime order, with good fences and buildings, 
and is offered by the heirs on easy terms and at a low price as none 
of them are so situated as to keep it. Inquire of 

W. B. WICKES, SHARON, MASS. 

ALSO NEAR THE ABOVE and belonging to the same estate, 
a large 2-story house, with barn and a few acres of land. For 
sale very low and on easy terms. Inquire of 

W. B. WICKES, SHAKOS, MASS. 



GOOD HOUSE and a few acres of land suitable for a poultry 
farm. Inquire of 

W. B. WICKES, SHARON, MASS. 



ICE 

DELIVERED TINT .A-InTX" IP-A-IiT OF SKC-A.E.03S3" B"Y 

SHEPARD CARPENTER. 

PLYMOUTH ROCK EGGS 

FOR SETTING. 
ONE DOLLAR FOR THIRTEEN, 

FOR SALE BY 

W. B. WICKES, SHARON, MASS. 



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